Minnesota man who shot officers told wife it was ‘his day to die,’ according to complaint

MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota man accused of capturing 5 legislation enforcement officers told his wife it was “his day to die” when he realized that drug job power officers have been at his house, according to a prison complaint filed Friday.

Karl Thomas Holmberg, 64, was charged Friday with six counts of tried first-degree homicide of a peace officer and 6 counts of first-degree attack of a peace officer.

The fees stem from an alternate of gunfire Thursday as officers sought to serve a seek warrant at his belongings in rural Glendorado Township, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Minneapolis.

The officers sustained accidents that weren’t life-threatening, Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck stated Thursday at a news convention.

The complaint says officers knocked and introduced, “police, search warrant” ahead of coming into the house. The first gunshots have been fired seconds later. The capturing led to a just about four-hour standoff ahead of Holmberg was taken into custody.

It stated Holmberg’s wife was inside of the house, however was unhurt. The lady told investigators that after she aroused from sleep, she told her husband that officers have been out of doors — she may just see them via an external digicam.

Holmberg had a number of weapons laid out on a mattress, the complaint mentioned. “The defendant indicated that it was his day to die,” according to the complaint.

As officers kicked within the door, Holmberg time and again stated one thing like, “Don’t do it,” then started capturing throughout the closed bed room door the usage of a military-style rifle, according to the complaint. She stated Holmberg requested her to sign up for him in preventing the police, however she refused. She told investigators that Holmberg referred to as her a “coward.”

Holmberg was shot within the foot. Interviewed by way of police on the clinic, he stated he did not suppose the officers serving the quest warrant “had a right to be there and told them to leave,” according to the complaint.

The complaint stated officers discovered a number of guns within the bed room — handguns, a shotgun, a rifle and probably the most officer’s weapons — together with shell casings within the bed room and front room.

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Salter reported from O’Fallon, Missouri.